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Asus Highlights Mixed Reality & Convertibles

by Bob Raikes

Asus had its press event away from the Messe, as usual and called it ‘The Edge of Beyond’. It was introduced by corporate VP, Eric Chen. The company was an innovator in 2in1 systems, …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Showstoppers Busy with Headsets & Smartwatches

by Bob Raikes

The Showstoppers event took place on the evening before the show. There was a small number of exhibitors that were of interest to our readers, although many of the exhibitors were showing gadgets and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 33

IFA Opening Press Event

by Bob Raikes

The IFA organisers and the GFU trade association always holds a pre-IFA press event when they talk about the ‘big picture’ developments in the market and highlight changes in the show organisation. Hans-Joachim Kamp …

Tags:GfK| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 33

IHS Updates on UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit held an event on UltraHD at the IFA Summit+ location. Initially, it looked as though there were only around three display analysts, as the other streams were running late, but the session …

Tags:IFA 2017| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Philips| Satellite| Sky| Technicolor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Acer Looks to Gaming

by Bob Raikes

Acer got in early with its IFA press event and it started several hours before the ‘official’ opening Press event. We’ve seen that Acer has not had a good time in business in the …

Tags:Acer| All-in-ones (AIOs)| Game Playing| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Quo Vadis IGZO?

by Bob Raikes

This week I thought we would have two small issues, but Matt contributed an interesting report on the Laser Display and Lighting Conference (which was nearly all displays) and a report on an HDR …

Tags:Editorial| IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Polysilicon LCD| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Merck Debuts Automotive Innovations at the IAA

by Bob Raikes

Merck will exhibit for the first time at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany and will highlight its materials for use in the automotive business. Smart LC and OLED materials for vehicle …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33| Vol 24 - Issue 33

NEC

NEC Display Extends InstaCare Guarantee for Projectors

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in the USA has extended its advanced replacement programme, known as InstaCare, for most of its projector models to the entire length of their warranties. The extended duration of the repair-or-replace …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 33| warranty

Lenovo Tries AR and Adds Convertible, 2in1 and Phone

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Lenovo which had a booth that was divided up between the Lenovo branded products, Motorola (a small area) and the Medion brand that it runs. In the middle of the …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Vol 24 - Issue 33

AirTies Updates IPTV STB

by Bob Raikes

AirTies of Turkey has developed a new UltraHD TV STB for IPTV that supports the Android TV operating system, and intended for sale by operators, rather than being a retail product. Technical specs of …

Tags:Android| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 33

CEC-Panda To Build Oxide Fab

by Bob Raikes

CEC-Panda of China has started work on a new fab in Chengdu, China that will use a G8.6 (2860 x 2290mm) fab that uses IGZO oxide TFT technology that the company has licensed from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Socionext Claims First in Image Recognition

by Bob Raikes

Socionext will show a new graphics SoC, the SC1810 at the International VDI Congress ’ELIV’ (Electronics In Vehicles) event in Bonn (Germany), October 18–19th. The chip includes what the company claims is the first …

Tags:Automotive| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 33